Outrage As Nigerians Soldiers ‘Roast’ Their Suspect In Viral Video

Some Nigerians have expressed anger at a clip showing three soldiers torturing a man suspected to have committed an offence.

While the date of the video could not be ascertained as of the time of this report, the military men could be heard speaking a mix of Hausa and pidgin English.

What the suspect did was not stated in the 30-second clip.

The video, posted on Twitter, shows the soldiers hitting the suspect, as one of them strike him with the butt of his gun.

The men tie the suspect up and hang him on an iron bar, as he dangles under a burning fire.

He has heavy logs of wood on his head, back and leg to steady him on the flame.

“You must feel it now now now,” “Leave am like this…”

“Don’t hit him o…” another said, as his colleague hit him with the butt of the gun.

“Make I kill am?” The poster of the video said she could not tell the suspect’s offence.

However, Nigerians, who watched the video, called the attention of the Nigerian military to it, demanding immediate investigation.

One Daniel, @ayoadaniel, said,

“Has the Nigerian military seen this video and please, there should be no denial that these aren’t our soldiers. Even in war times, rules of engagement aren’t just thrown out of the window like that; this is wrong on so many levels.”

Another Twitter user, Dat Fulani Boi, said the soldiers were on their own.

“For your information, the Nigerian army does not in any way teach this kind of inhuman punishment to the soldiers.